In the capital, Yingtian was at the mansion of Huang Guan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.

"Bang!"

A loud noise broke the tranquility of the front hall, and the servants were trembling in fear, and they all lowered their heads and eyes, not daring to move at all.

Huang Guan was the first talented man in the Ming Dynasty to win three Yuan consecutive years. In the 24th year of Hongwu, he entered the Hanlin Academy as the top scholar and was appointed as the Hanlin Academy. He was deeply favored by the emperor. Until this year, Emperor Hongwu cherished his talent and was promoted to the right assistant minister of the second-rank Ministry of Rites. He often followed the emperor's throne. At that time, he was only in his thirties and was an extremely rare young and powerful minister in the court. He was in his prime and glorious. He was just as proud.

Huang Guan was very angry now. After slapping the table hard, he still felt unsatisfied and was still walking back and forth in the front hall.

"This King of Yan is so domineering! He led the troops to guard the border in Youyan, but reached into Yingtian Prefecture, the capital. It was already absurd that the generals under his command were transformed from military generals to civil servants. Now they are brave enough to seize the power of the magistrate. The king of Yan's behavior is obvious!"

Huang Ruide, the magistrate of Jiangpu, was beside him, and his face turned red when he heard this.

Huang looked at Huang Ruide, opened his mouth, and saw that he looked embarrassed, he finally sighed and couldn't bear to say another harsh words.

"Brother Ruide, you are the chief of a county, how could you be undermined by a subordinate county magistrate? You are the emperor guarding the side, but you have caused such a result. You are usurping the power by your subordinates. You are really betrayed the emperor and the court..."

Huang Ruide's face became more and more red with shame, and he lowered his head and sighed in disgrace: "Brother Shang Bin (Huang Guan), the lower official is just a small seventh-rank magistrate. If he offended Cao Yi, he would offend the King of Yan. If the King of Yan is powerful, how can I afford to offend him?"

Huang Guan couldn't help but shout loudly again: "Although the King of Yan is a prince, he is just a prince guarding the border. What are you afraid of? The emperor has already decided to inherit the grandson as the throne. The King of Yan will be only an imperial uncle in the future. It's not his turn to make the decision in the world!"

Huang Ruide said with a bitter face: "Who in the world is the master of the lower rank, but the lower rank only knows that it is easy for the King of Yan to kill me, a small seventh-rank magistrate..."

Huang Guan looked at him sideways when he heard this, his eyes full of disappointment and contempt.

Huang Ruide licked his dry lips and said awkwardly: "Brother Shangbin, you were the top scholar nominated by the Golden List back then, and the lower officials were also the same Jinshi. You and I have the same friendship as the same year. This time, the lower officials are in danger. I hope Brother Shangbin will help you..."

Huang Guan snorted angrily: "A mere eighth-rank county magistrate, who acts so arrogantly and completely disregards the rules of the officialdom. If he lets this person cover the sky with one hand in Jiangpu, wouldn't the whole world be in chaos? Humph! I don't believe that he can go against the sky. In a few days, I will visit Jiangpu in person, and see if the county magistrate's authority can suppress me, the Minister of Rites!"

Huang Ruide was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly bowed his hand to thank him.

Huang Guan sighed and said, "King Yan... Alas! King Yan! Our dynasty has created many hidden dangers that shake the foundation of the country in less than thirty years. The biggest hidden danger is the vassal kings. The emperor enfeoffed the princes in various places and replaced the border generals to guard the border. The vassal kings held military and political power in one place, and had too much power. Among them, the king of Yan and Ning and the two had a lot of troops, which was the cause of the disaster for the country. The emperor's move is really... Alas!"

Huang Guan stopped before he finished speaking. If he continued to speak, he would inevitably be suspected of slandering the king.

"Brother Shangbin, I heard that you had foresaw the troubles of the vassal kings, why didn't the emperor accept your words?"

"Walking in the court is like walking on thin ice. When I started from a commoner and built a foundation for all generations, I was a talented and magnificent princes, and I was garrisoned in various places on behalf of the border generals. The emperor naturally had the profound meaning of the emperor. Our ministers could only do their best to be ministers and advise them. Even if we advise, we must be tactful in words. If the emperor does not accept it, we will have no choice. Haven't you heard that Ye Boju's lesson in the ninth year of Hongwu?"

Ye Boju, a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang, was admitted to the Imperial College in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Hongwu, Ye Boju was distributed as a student of the Imperial College and served as a Confucian scholar in Shanxi and served as the guidance of Confucianism in Pingyao. In the ninth year of Hongwu, his natural phenomena were born into a star change, and all subjects believed that it was a warning from God, marking the great disaster of the state. Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang then issued an edict, ordering scholars from all over the world to write to the court, pointing out political gains and losses or the unfairness of the court's affairs, and putting forward criticism and suggestions. So Ye Boju wrote a letter, saying that there are three major drawbacks in the current government. One is that the feudal is too extravagant, the second is that the punishment is too complicated, and the third is that the treatment is too fast. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he saw the book and shouted in anger: "Boy, I will catch him quickly, and I will shoot him to death with my own hands!"

So Ye Boju was taken to the capital and sent to the Ministry of Justice. After suffering all the torture and abuse, he was starved to death.

With such a negative teaching material standing in front, who in the court dares to mention the matter of reducing the vassals to Zhu Yuanzhang?

Huang Ruide was speechless. He was only a seventh-rank magistrate and had no far-reaching insights into the overall situation of the world and the affairs of the court. For him, regaining the power to rule Jiangpu is the most important thing at present.

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The cold wind is howling, and it is already mid-winter.

On the official road leading to Jiangpu County to the west of the capital, several fast horses were slowly coming. The rumbling sound of horse hooves rolled up a piece of dust on the official road and quickly dissipated in the wind.

The knights were led by a young man, and he was vaguely surrounded by him. The man was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a jade-like face and a starry-like eyes. He looked quite handsome, but his white face looked a little tender, his eyes were majestic, but he had a bit of bookish spirit. He was dressed very simply, just a long gown with ordinary materials, a pair of linen shoes underneath, and a cloth bag made of local cloth slanted on his left shoulder. He looked like a poor student, but his expression showed a graceful and luxurious spirit.

While everyone was riding their horses, they had already seen the city walls of Jiangpu County from afar. The young man immediately stopped his horse and sighed at the city walls, looking at them with a confused expression.

One of the men who looked like a guard reported respectfully to him: "Your Highness, Jiangpu County is ahead. Are you going to the city to rest?"

The young man looked indifferent and said lazily: "Whatever you want, it's okay to go or not. The emperor's grandfather said that we should learn more about the sufferings of the people and often walk around the people. Mr. Huang said that all the knowledge in the world is in books. The son of a thousand gold medal sits in the hall and reads thousands of books to cure the world... Alas! I don't know who to listen to..."

The guard smiled and said, "Of course, the emperor's words are right, and the emperor's words must be correct."

The young man said with a frown: "But Mr. Huang is the attendant of the Eastern Palace appointed by the emperor's grandfather. If what he said is wrong, wouldn't it mean that the appointment of the emperor's grandfather was wrong?"

The guard scratched his head awkwardly: "Your Highness, hehe, the mark is a rough man, I really don't understand..."

The young man finally smiled a little and said, "Forget it, I'll tell you what to do. Since we're almost at the Jiangpu City Gate, let's go in and take a look. Remember, don't call me Your Highness after entering the city, just call me Mr. Zhu."

"yes!"

Everyone responded in unison and rode their horses towards Jiangpu.

Not long after, the group entered the south gate of the city. After entering the city, everyone got off the horse and walked slowly on the bustling Jiangpu Street with the reins. The young man's eyes were full of excitement, as if he was very strange about everything. After buying a bunch of flashy small items and being stabbed by several unscrupulous hawkers, the young man stopped and unconsciously beat his waist, feeling a little tired.

The guard beside him said at the right time: "Mr. Zhu, there is a restaurant in front of him called Zuixianlou. If the young master is tired, he might as well go in and take a rest and have a cup of tea. How about relieve fatigue?"

The young man's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "It's so great. I won't go back to the capital today. You go find an inn and put these small items I just bought into the room. I'll go to drink tea alone."

The guard said anxiously: "Young Master must not be there. You must not be without people around you. According to the villain's opinion, let's leave a few people for your master to listen to."

The young man said impatiently: "What are you afraid of? Emperor... Huh, under my grandfather's rule, the world is bright and the people are simple. Are you still afraid that I will encounter any danger? Go quickly, my grandfather said, "I want me to understand the sufferings of the people. If you are surrounded by you all the time, how can I understand the sufferings?"

The guard hesitated for a moment, looked around again, feeling that there seemed to be no obscure people nearby, and finally nodded, "So, please go first, the little one has booked the inn room and come to pick up the young master..."

The young man waved impatiently: "Go quickly and go quickly!"

After saying that, he couldn't wait to walk into the Zuixian Tower.

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Inside the Zuixian Tower.

Xiao Fan was standing at the counter and told Gouzi and Dashuan the development plan of Zuixianlou.

"You go and say hello to the wine merchants in Dongshi, and say that the restaurant will buy a large amount of good wine, including daughter Hong, Zhuyeqing, rice wine, and soy wine. Also, did not Song's mother in Zangchun Pavilion say that there have been several beautiful girls who have used their savings for themselves recently? Go and find them..."

Gouzi interrupted: "Shopkeeper, you are also a part-time job as a son-in-law of the Chen family. Before getting married, you will find a sister in the kiln. And there are several of them. This... you can't chew too much..."

"Bang!" A slap on the back of the dog's head, Xiao Fan said angrily: "Don't say such obscene words to gentlemen. Is this shopkeeper the lustful person?"

"Then...what does the shopkeeper mean?"

"After all, the food and meals are not profitable. Since it is called 'restaurant', of course we have to work hard on the word 'wine'. If someone calls it 'waiter', we can only sell two cents of silver. But what if these good-looking Yingying Yanyans come to sell this jar of flower sculptures? A few charming eyes flew over and took him one or two taels of silver for a jar of wine. Even if others think it is expensive, how can they lose face in front of women? Besides, we make the packaging more exquisite, the wine is sweeter and the red sleeves add fragrant cups, the price is only less than one tael of silver. Will customers who often go to restaurants care about this? In this way, customers get beautiful wine, and we have made a lot of more money, including those girls who have passed the good-looking but have no investment, and they also have a fixed income. How about killing three birds with one stone?"

As soon as Xiao Fan finished speaking, the dog had not expressed anything, but heard a young man in an ordinary long gown beside him screaming in surprise, then opened his eyes wide and stared at Xiao Fan carefully, as if he had found a fun toy.

Xiao Fan also opened his eyes wide and looked at him, wondering. When the customer entered the door, he didn't look for a table to sit honestly and drink. Instead, he lay half on the counter and stared at himself. His eyes were so staring that he thought I was running a duck shop?

"This guest official, I'm sorry, this shopkeeper is not on the stage..." Xiao Fan politely strangled the possible misunderstandings in the cradle.

The young man blinked, his tone with a little commanding tone, and said, "You come out."

"Sorry, this shopkeeper won't make any announcement..."

The young man raised his eyebrows, as if he was not used to the rejection of others. Then he returned to his expression and said with a little novelty: "Your words just now seem to make sense. I didn't expect that a restaurant could sell so many wines. Alas, I ask you, what if your wine is too expensive and others don't want to buy it?"

It is rare to have such a chance to show the superiority of time travelers. Xiao Fan stood at the counter and said proudly: "It's very simple, I'll change my strategy and start a buy one and get one free activity..."

"What is buying one free?"

"For example, the girls who are responsible for helping me sell Huadiao, sell one tael of silver for each jar of wine. If others don't want to buy it, I will raise the price. I will sell two taels of silver for each jar of wine. But if you buy one jar of wine, you can give him a jar for free. According to the Chinese people's desire to be greedy for cheapness, would they be tempted? What's more, every time I buy a jar of wine, I will give you a dish of freshly fried wine and dish, which is cheap and easy. In this way, I will earn more..."

The young man praised: "Buy one and get one free, it's really a good way. You are a little trick..."

"Of course..." Xiao Fan smiled with a conceited and pretended to be proud. He suddenly became stunned and stared at the young man in surprise and said, "By the way, who are you?"

Taking advantage of Xiao Fan's time to pick up the tea cup and drink tea to replenish the water, the young man smiled and bowed, saying, "It's okay to say it, my name is Zhu Yunwen. This brother, I'm lucky to be lucky..."

"Puff--" Xiao Fan immediately sprayed out a bite of hot tea, pouring Zhu Yunwen's face over.
Chapter completed!